1. ‘Have Courage’ Someone said, and even the
words had knuckles. Courage is such a simple
word to pull apart, thread by thread without
missing the in-between.
2. Cour.age, noun: Strength of Mind to carry on in spite of danger,
from the root word Cor which is Latin for heart,
if Mind = Heart
then Cour. age: Strength of Heart to carry on in spite of danger
~spiteful of danger?
3. Courage sounds like Carnage on the page,
a hint of violence somewhere,
in a lab where a dissected human heart
waits as wannabe surgeons gather the rage
to pick up the blade and slice again
4. Coeur. rage
Coeur is French for heart as in
heart. rage (diastolic or systolic),
red and inflamed like feasting eyes at the
red district where women are consumed,
part by part or perhaps at the Moulin Rouge
where this happens in sophisticated famine
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Etymology is a delightful rabbit hole. Thanks for sharing this!
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I fell in love with this when I read it. It grabbed me and won’t let go. It’s my pleasure to share it—make sure you view the poem in its entirety on the original site.
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Wow, that final point they made really added to something that was already great. I dropped them a like. Again, thanks for sharing.
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I love to share other peoples beauty ♥️
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Wow, I can see why you shared this. It is incredible, I was gripped from the first lines:
“Have Courage’ Someone said, and even the words had knuckles”
It’s so true. Courage takes such strength, it can take more than we have sometimes.
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That line most of all gripped me and won’t let go. I’m happy you enjoyed it as much as I did!
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I did!! I couldn’t follow the link to open to the original page though!
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Oh, I wonder why! That’s a shame that the link isn’t working because she ends it beautifully, and for some reason it didn’t post the whole thing on my blog.
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Love it!
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It’s just gorgeous.
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